My tour guide and I were in the middle of a lava field, with nothing but hills and heaps of solidified black lava flanking both sides of the highway. He pointed to an inconspicuous hole in the ground ...

Henry Myhill was the author of an early English-language travel guide named simply The Canary Islands. It is a handsome hardback, published in 1970 at a price of two guineas (£2.10). The year before ...

One million Brits flock to Lanzarote each year for sun, sea and sand, but beyond the beaches lies a dramatically different landscape – a vast range of sprawling volcanic valleys. Our trip to Timanfaya ...

It's fitting that the world's first national park, designated way back in 1872, is all about ancient geothermal energy, particularly in the form of Old Faithful, the geyser which has been keeping ...

THE dramatic eruption on the Canary Island of La Palma had hit the headlines but I wasn’t going to let that ruin my visit to a neighbouring volcanic gem. Lanzarote is known as “the island of the 1,000 ...

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IF you're looking to escape the wet and windy weather this winter and fancy treating yourself to a trip away to bask in the sunshine, this one may be perfect for you. Lanzarote attracts thousands of ...